JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER Jewels
Designer - Developer - Prototypist
STYLING - MATERIAL SOURCING - MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL FILE
With his eternal marinière and platinum brush, Jean-Paul Gaultier is a key figure in the pantheon of French fashion, where he has been happily shaking up codes for over 30 years. Nicknamed "fashion's enfant terrible", he also opened up to stage, theater and film costumes, perfumes, make-up, accessories and multiple collaborations.
For the past ten years, the label has been dressing sophisticated yet provocative women, while Gaultier's haute couture shows create a stir each season, awakening the small world of fashion..
PARIS HAUTE COUTURE FALL/WINTER 2016-2017
A collection that plunges us into a mysterious forest. Three distinct but harmonious themes emerge from the effects of time in this collection: verdigris, rust and copper.
Raw materials worked by various oxidation. The main aim: to brutalize the material to release its heart.
To bring his worlds together, several natural materials are declined in different forms: horn, wood, stone... As usual, we find Gaultier's necessary punk culture in the lines of each of them. Metal is stretched and fitted with brambles, horn becomes prickly, agates are put to raw..., but we keep a faithful femininity through mastery of the material. Woodwork in the form of jewels, oxidized chains mounted with Swarovski rhinestones, natural headdresses...,
